CONTENTS

BALLOONS, AIRSHIPS, AND FLYING MACHINES

CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF BALLOONING

CHAPTER II THE COMING OF THE GAS BALLOON

CHAPTER III FAMOUS BALLOON VOYAGES OF THE PAST

CHAPTER IV THE BALLOON AS A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT

CHAPTER V THE BALLOON IN WARFARE

CHAPTER VI THE AIRSHIP

CHAPTER VII THE FLYING MACHINE

CHAPTER VIII CONCLUSION

Transcriber's Notes

THE
Practical Science Series

The following Vols. are now ready or in the Press:—

BALLOONS, AIRSHIPS, AND FLYING MACHINES. By Gertrude Bacon.

MOTORS AND MOTORING. By Professor Harry Spooner.

RADIUM. By Dr. Hampson.

METEOROLOGY; or, Weather Explained. By J. Gordon M‘Pherson, M.A., LL.D.

Others in Preparation

BALLOONS
AIRSHIPS AND FLYING
MACHINES

BY
GERTRUDE BACON

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
1905